![]() She navigates all levels of society with intelligence and wit, able to throw out bons mots and chameleon her way through a crowd. ![]() Her cool, urbane voice guides the novel, describing the people and places that cross her path. Katey, a second-generation immigrant from Brighton Beach, lives in a Depression-era boardinghouse with her friend, Eve Ross, a lovely, independent Midwesterner who has come to New York with limited funds. New York typist Katey Kontent works to support herself, discovering Manhattan with her roommates from various walks of life. Set primarily in 1937-38, both those who have come to make their fortunes and entitled heirs treat New York City as their playground. ![]() Amor Towles, also known for his celebrated A Gentleman in Moscow, has constructed an alternately down-at-heels and dazzling comedy of manners in The Rules of Civility. As we enter fall, I decided to snuggle with my sleepy pug and a lyrical story of young New Yorkers set in a moneyed, elite world at the end of the Great Depression. ![]()
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